false 1017394 4 On a bright autumn day, as long ago as the year 943, there was a great bustle in the Castle of Bayeux in Normandy. The hall was large and low, the roof arched, and supported on thick short columns, almost like the crypt of a Cathedral; the walls were thick, and the windows, which had no glass, were very small, set in such a depth of wall that there was a wide deep window seat, upon which the rain might beat, without reaching the interior of the room. And even if it had come in, there was nothing for it to hurt, for the walls were of rough stone, and the floor of tiles. There was a fire at each end of this great dark apartment, but there were no chimneys over the ample hearths, and the smoke curled about in thick white folds in the vaulted roof, adding to the wreaths of soot, which made the hall look still darker. 1003518 3 11 2006 The Little Duke total:6|5:4|3:2| 6 26 11 2 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1977 Mon Sep 24 22:33:24 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 22:39:28 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Tue Oct 14 23:07:48 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 23:09:39 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sun Sep 06 23:14:26 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 23:14:26 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jan 24 14:56:40 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 14:57:06 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jan 22 08:58:49 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 08:58:49 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Dec 07 08:51:10 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 13 13:21:29 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 07 21:04:30 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 23 11:01:58 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 06 11:36:39 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 11:36:39 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Thu Mar 19 07:11:27 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 06 14:30:56 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 19 07:11:27 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Dec 13 13:35:26 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 13 13:35:26 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Mon Sep 24 13:43:19 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 13:43:19 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2050490